New Richmond, Quebec (1851 census)

New Richmond was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,274. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63244335. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.213°N, 65.802°W.

Population

In 1851, New Richmond had a population of 1,274: 646 male and 628 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, New Richmond shared boundaries with:

• Hamilton
• Maria
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Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 193 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,274 total population, 646 males, 628 females, Male members of the family who are present: 599, Female members of the family who are present: 578, 456 single males, 436 single females, 187 families, 175 married males, 173 married females, 82 males attending school, 65 females attending school, Females present who are not members of the family: 50, Males present who are not members of the family: 47, Male members of the family who are present: 32, 24 female births, 19 widowed females, Female members of the family who are absent: 16, 15 widowed males, 14 male births, 2 lunatic females, 1 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb females, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 100 females aged 5 to 10, 98 single males aged 20 to 30, 87 males aged 5 to 10, 80 single females aged 10 to 15, 77 single males aged 10 to 15, 63 single males aged 15 to 20, 60 single females aged 15 to 20, 55 married males aged 30 to 40, 54 single females aged 20 to 30, 52 married females aged 20 to 30, 51 married females aged 30 to 40, 39 married males aged 50 to 60, 34 married males aged 40 to 50, 33 married females aged 40 to 50, 31 females aged 1 to 2, 28 females under age 1, 27 married males aged 20 to 30, 26 females aged 4 to 5, 25 males aged 1 to 2, 24 males aged 3 to 4, 23 females age 3 to 4, 22 males aged 4 to 5, 22 married females aged 50 to 60, 19 males aged 2 to 3, 18 females aged 2 to 3, 17 married males aged 60 to 70, 16 males under age 1, 10 single males aged 30 to 40, 9 single females aged 30 to 40, 8 married females aged 60 to 70, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 3 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 2 married males aged 80 to 90, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 females of unknown age, 1 males of unknown age, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 548 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 470 French Canadians, 164 persons originating in Scotland, 40 persons originating in Ireland, 22 persons originating in New Brunswick, 12 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 8 persons originating in England or Wales, 5 persons originating in Newfoundland, 3 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 25,725 bushels of potatoes, 21,029 acres of land in farms, 17,000 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,606 bushels of oats, 12,232 pounds of homemade butter, 4,029 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,905 bushels of wheat, 2,771 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,487 acres of farmland under crops, 2,270 pounds of maple sugar, 2,126 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,542 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,335 sheep, 1,102 bushels of barley, 983 tons of hay, 794 pounds of flax or hemp, 766 bushels of turnips, 617 acres of oats, 428 swine, 419 milk cows, 322 acres of wheat, 254 barrels of pork, 249 calves and heifers, 242 acres of potatoes, 205 horses, 204 occupants of farms, 161 bulls, oxen, or steers, 124 barrels of beef, 105 acres of barley, 103 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 102 bushels of peas, 51 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 43 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 33 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 bushels of beans, 6 bushels of carrots, 4 acres of peas, 4 acres of turnips, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 2,651 yards of fulled cloth, 1,300 saw mill plants, 533 yards of linen, $500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 272 yards of flannel, 7 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 4 saw mills, 4 saw mills powered by water, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: 3, 3 saw mills reporting annual production, 2 employees in grist mills, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills returning capital, $1 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling),   feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production,   carding and fulling mills,   carding and fulling mills not reporting,   carding and fulling mills reporting,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   distilleries,   distilleries reporting,   employees in carding and fulling mills,   employees in saw mills,   employees in woollen factories,   grist mills not reporting,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills reporting daily production,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   saw mills returning capital,   woollen factories,   woollen factories not reporting,   woollen factories reporting,   woollen factories returning capital,   pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $  value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills,   yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. 3,501,000,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 3,500 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production.   barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production.   barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production. $  value cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 11 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 70 to 80: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC051005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC044012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63244335

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1851 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.

Cite this page

Clifford, J. (2026). "New Richmond, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/new-richmond-qc051005-1851/.